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Cox, the 4th largest provider of cable internet service in the US, has been testing a new 'Elite Gamer' service in select areas, which gives customers access to a dedicated gaming network designed to smooth out connections to multiplayer games—for an extra $14.99 a month. According to Variety, the service is a repackaging of WTFast, a "gaming private network" that isolates and prioritizes game packets, optimizing the path they take traveling to and from the game's servers. WTFast can also be purchased on its own for the same price, and comes as a free perk bundled with some of the best gaming routers.Like WTFast, Elite Gamer only isolates game packets. Cox says customers won't have faster access to websites and other streaming services like Netflix, for example.Upon checking the Cox website, it informed me that its Elite Gamer package was not yet available in my area. But an image provided by imgur user KGBatemybread allows you to see what purchasing the service could look … [Read more...] about A major ISP is testing a new service to lower lag in online games, for a price

Unite Los Angeles has begun and let me tell you, it has already been one for the books. Want to find out what you’ve missed so far? You’re in the right place – read on to get the highlights! Over the next two days, we’ll be streaming select sessions, including a full-day track on the Entity Component System. Please join us on YouTube via these links: Day 2, Day 3. Live streaming schedules are in the video descriptions. Forged in Gaming – Continued innovation in games CineCastBuild on top of our first game project – FPS SampleMake your games beautiful with the Visual Effect GraphCreate massive game worlds with ECSReal-time Multiplayer AlphaUniversal GameDev Challenge Grand Prize Winner New horizons – going beyond gaming Film and animationJoining the Unity family: Digital Monarch MediaA new way of storytelling It’s important to remember that Unity is forged in gaming. It’s in our DNA. It’s our origin. It’s what we know … [Read more...] about A peek at the new Visual Effect Graph, CineCast, our first sample game, and more from Unite Los Angeles – Unity Blog

HBO may change considerably in the future, as its new owners at AT&T stress the importance of competing with streaming giants like Netflix — including increasing the number of shows the network offers to subscribers. AT&T is asking HBO to think about ways to produce more shows and increase engagement to compete with Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and other streaming services. This was the mandate from AT&T’s John Stankey in a discussion with HBO CEO Richard Plepler last month in front of an audience of HBO employees, a recording of which was obtained by the New York Times. Stankey is an AT&T veteran who now oversees HBO as part of his duties as CEO of Warner Media, the new name of the multimedia conglomerate formerly known as Time Warner. AT&T announced its intention to acquire Time Warner, HBO’s parent company, in October 2016, but officially got approval for the merger in June 2018. Watch time was one of the biggest concerns that Stankey raised. He argued … [Read more...] about HBO’s new owner, AT&T, has some ominous-sounding plans for the network

Nintendo has recently announced that its paid online service will launch in September of 2018. Originally set to launch almost a year earlier, in Fall of 2017, Nintendo’s answer to Xbox Live and PlayStation Plus was pushed back to 2018 with little explanation given as to why. Now it seems the team over at Nintendo is ready to share their new service with gamers all over the world. For those who are unaware, the new online service is set to make several important changes and additions to the way gamers play Nintendo Switch titles. The first and most obvious comes in the form of online play, which will now require players to pay a fee to experience online multiplayer in games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or Splatoon 2. The service will also give gamers access to a full version of the Nintendo Switch Online Smartphone app with features such as voice chat, friend invites, and game lobbies. A limited free version of the app is currently available for players … [Read more...] about Nintendo Paid Online Service to Launch in September

In Why I Love, PC Gamer writers pick an aspect of PC gaming that they love and write about why it's brilliant. Today, Phil admires the peace of the open road. I’m on the highway between Phoenix and Santa Fe, with 18 tonnes of furniture hitched to the back of my truck. This is not an exciting journey. In Holbrook I miss a turning—not ideal when a double trailer full of end tables makes reversing nigh impossible. I consider a manoeuvre, but my GPS updates with a new route. Sorted. I’m deep into Gallup before I notice that I’m driving 20mph over the speed limit, but there are no patrol cars around so it isn’t a problem. I’m running out of fuel as I near Albuquerque. I open the map and reroute the GPS to the nearest petrol station. Problem solved. On the radio, blue-collar men sing about the ways in which, metaphorically speaking, their lives resemble that of dogs. This is not a story of close calls or heroics. You could argue that American … [Read more...] about Why I love driving at night in American Truck Simulator